Southern Cali Sports

The Lakers officially put the NBA on notice today when they traded Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittendon and what will be 2 late first round draft picks in ‘09 and ‘10 for 7′0 Center Pau Gasol of Memphis…
Gasol is averaging 19 points and 9 boards per game and will give the Lakers a front line of:
Lamar […]

While Kobe Bryant may be the best player in the National Basketball Association, it just may be Andrew Bynum who is the MVP on this Los Angeles Laker team.
As good as Kobe Bryant is and has been, the Los Angeles Lakers have been at their absolute best when he is doing less and doesn’t have […]

Hate to bring up the past but it is necessary…
Here’s a quote from Magic Johnson reagrding Kobe Bryant as seen in the LA Times today:
“If Kobe would have been smart, he would have mended those fences with Shaquille, let Shaquille be ‘The Man’ and we wouldn’t be in this position," Johnson said. Now, after four […]

Kobe Bryant demanded a trade because the Lakers front office failed to deliver on a promise… A promise that they (the front office) would put enough talent around him to compete for the NBA title every year.
The Lakers brain trust has failed to deliver on that promise…
Kobe Bryant wants to win.
So what’s wrong with […]

Apparently Kobe Bryant has cleaned out his locker amidst rumors that he is about to be traded…
According to Phil Jackson in an interview with reporters today Kobe had only “partially” cleaned out his locker…
When asked if Kobe Bryant had played his last game as a Los Angeles Laker, Jackson replied by answering:
“I can’t answer […]

Jerry Buss says he hasn’t ruled out trading Kobe Bryant…
Says “he isn’t off the table.”
I think the Los Angeles Lakers have just thrown in the towel!
This entire season is a going to be a complete throw away!
I think the Lakers have decided that Kobe Bryant is going to opt out after next year and they’re […]

The only thing I know about Javaris Crittenton, the 19 year old point guard the LA Lakers drafted last night with the 19th pick overall, is that he ran the triangle offense in high school and that he expected to go a little earlier in the draft (he was expected to go in the early […]

Rumor has it that there is a deal on the table between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal would send Marcus Camby to the Lakers and Kwame Brown to the Nuggets.
You may be wondering why the Nuggets  would be willing to send the defensive player of the year for a stiff […]

Kobe Bryant has just announced on the Stephen A. Smith Show (I heard it on ESPN Radio 710) that he wants to be traded and he no longer wants to be a member of the Lakers organization!
The fact that Shaq (who basically despises Kobe) sides with Kobe Bryant in that they both agree that it […]

Kobe Bryant was on ESPN Radio this afternoon and I found what he had to say rather interesting.
First of all, I find it interesting that 3 years later and we still don’t have a clue who was responsible for shipping Shaq out of town…
Today on ESPN Radio, Kobe reiterated that he had nothing to do […]